Should Hillary quit?

Hillary Clinton has every right to keep fighting for the Democratic presidential nomination, said Isaac Chotiner in a New Republic blog, but she has nothing to gain "by an ugly, divisive contest." The Clintonites have been "breathing the fu

What happened

A string of Democratic leaders is endorsing Barack Obama in an attempt to pressure Hillary Clinton to give up her bid for the party’s Democratic nomination. Many party insiders fear that the bitter campaign will make it harder to beat Republican John McCain in the November general election. (The Wall Street Journal) Former president Bill Clinton, campaigning for his wife in California, said the tight primary race was “strengthening” the party. "We are going to win this election,” he said, “if we just chill out and let everybody have their say." (San Jose Mercury-News, free registration)

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